'The Tree of Life'

(Summit) This new film from Oscar-nominated writer-director Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") tells the tale of a boy growing up in the Midwest of the 1950s. As a framework to that, two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn ("Mystic River," "Milk") plays the grown-up version of the character coming to grips with his past. Penn's recent Oscar rival — two-time nominee Brad Pitt ("Twelve Monkeys," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") — also stars.

(Summit) This new film from Oscar-nominated writer-director Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") tells the tale of a boy growing up in the Midwest of the 1950s. As a framework to that, two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn ("Mystic River," "Milk") plays the grown-up version of the character coming to grips with his past. Penn's recent Oscar rival — two-time nominee Brad Pitt ("Twelve Monkeys," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") — also stars. (Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)

(Summit) This new film from Oscar-nominated writer-director Terrence Malick ("The Thin Red Line") tells the tale of a boy growing up in the Midwest of the 1950s. As a framework to that, two-time Oscar winner Sean Penn ("Mystic River," "Milk") plays the grown-up version of the character coming to grips with his past. Penn's recent Oscar rival — two-time nominee Brad Pitt ("Twelve Monkeys," "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") — also stars.Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images